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These studies showed that subliminally presented sexual stimuli can evoke brain activation in regions known to be activated in response to other subliminally presented arousing stimuli, e.g. in the occipital cortex, amygdala, insula and also in the cingulate cortex.
A mixed-effects (n = 12) contrast of the active movement condition vs. rest identified brain activation in regions including the medial wall of the primary sensorimotor cortex, consistent with expected somatotopy.
Placebo treatment can alter brain activation in regions implicated in affective processing and cognitive control of emotions.
Results of our previous fMRI studies [15], [24] showed that PCE could alter brain activation in regions associated with arousal regulation (amygdala and default mode network) and that these alterations in turn affected brain activations involved in cognitive processes (e.g. lateral prefrontal cortex).
There was also no significant effect of Tanner stage of pubertal development on brain activation in regions responding to HCF versus NF.
At the same time, brain activation in regions thought to host the mental number line would be reduced in these children.
Likewise, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) allows mapping of brain activation in brain regions modulated by DA [3].
Gender is known to influence brain activation in brain regions involved in humor appreciation [8] and we had a insignificant but a slightly larger proportion of females in our Cataplexy group as a result of having to exclude two subjects from the group analyses (hence reducing the subjects from 12 to 10).
Furthermore, brain activation in some regions that showed weaker fMRI-signal was significantly correlated with performance measures (left IPS, left IFG, right MFG).
Additional findings supported the interpretation that increased brain activation in occipitotemporal regions is not specific for erotic stimulus material per se but can be observed in response to emotionally laden stimuli in general.
However, the authors reverse this, arguing that as long as there is brain activation in adult regions, then the experience is similar and thus infants experience the pain percept as do adults.
